Warren Snodgrass

Warren Snodgrass is a pediatric urologist specializing in the repair of hypospadias, the second most common birth defect. In 1994 he described the tubularized incised plate (TIP) repair of hypospadias, which has become known as the Snodgrass repair and has become the most common approach to repairing most forms of hypospadias. Snodgrass is internationally known for his advocacy of evidence-based surgery, and was the editor of a textbook on pediatric urology. He is in private practice near Dallas, Texas.

Warren Snodgrass, MD

Biography

Snodgrass received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1980, and then completed urology residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1986. He spent 12 years in private practice with his father, a urologist, in Lubbock, Texas.[1] He worked at Children's Medical Center until 2014, serving as the Chief of Pediatric Urology for 12 years.[2]

In 2014 Snodgrass and Nicol Bush left Children’s Medical Center to establish PARC Urology for complex hypospadias surgery in children and adults. [3] In 1994, Snodgrass published a description of the TIP repair of hypospadias. [4] The technique has become popularly known as the Snodgrass urethroplasty or Snodgrass technique.[5] The technique became widely employed across the world.[6] In 2011, the Snodgrass technique was described as the dominant procedure for repairing most forms of hypospadias.[7] In 2015, an analysis of all published articles regarding hypospadias since 1945 reported Snodgrass to be the most cited author.[8][9][10]

Snodgrass has lectured and demonstrated surgical techniques internationally to pediatric urologists and surgeons. He established an annual live surgery course broadcast on the World Wide Web to teach surgeons performing hypospadias repair.[11] Snodgrass served as editor of a pediatric urology textbook, Pediatric Urology: Evidence for Optimal Patient Management.[12] In 2015, Snodgrass and his colleague Nicol Bush self-published a surgical textbook entitled Hypospadiology through a charity, Operation Happenis.[13]

At his outpatient center, Snodgrass cares for patients with hypospadias and teaches evidence-based urology to other physicians.[2][14]

Snodgrass published a book describing the fall of Communism in East Germany entitled Swords to Plowshares.[15]

Honors and awards

Snodgrass was awarded honorary fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.[16] He has been designated a U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor.[17] Snodgrass has been listed in Marquis Who's Who.[18] A review of the top 150 influential scientific publications on hypospadias from 1945-2013 reported Snodgrass was the most frequently cited author [19]. Snodgrass has also been designated a Best Doctor in America and a Texas Super Doctor. He was the Best Reviewer for the Journal of Urology Pediatric Section, and a Top 10 Reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Urology. Snodgrass has been an invited visiting professor, lecturer and surgeon to over 75 medical conferences in 36 countries.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Warren Snodgrass, M.D., F.R.C.S.". Forest Park Medical Center Frisco. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "About us". PARC Urology. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Snodgrass W: Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty for distal hypospadias. J Urol 151: 464, 1994
  4. ↑ Cook A, Khoury A, Neville C, Bagli D, Farhat W, and Pippi Salle J: A multicenter evaluation of technical preferences for primary hypospadias repair. J Urol 174: 2354, 2005
  5. ↑ Alsharbaini, R.; Almaramhy, H. (March 2014). "Snodgrass urethroplasty for hypospadias repair: A retrospective comparison of two variations of the technique". Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences 9 (1): 69–73. doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2013.10.002. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ Tonvichien, V.; Niramis, R. (August 2003). "Tubularized, incised plate urethroplasty in hypospadias repair: experience at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health". Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 86: S522–S530. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Smith, Joseph; Howards, Stuart; McGuire, Edward; Preminger, Glenn (2012). Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 102. ISBN 1-4160-4210-5. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ O'Kelly F, Nason GJ, McgLoughlin LC, Flood HD, and Thornhill JA: A comparative bibliometric analysis of the top 150 cited papers in hypospadiology (1945-2013). J Pediatr Urol. 2015 Apr;11(2):85.e1-85.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.11.022. Epub 2015 Mar 4.
  9. ↑ . National Center for Biotechnology Information.
  10. ↑ . Elsevier.
  11. ↑ Live Surgery Workshop and Webinar for Hypospadias Repair. Children's Medical Center. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  12. ↑ Warren T. Snodgrass, MD. American Urological Association.
  13. ↑ http://shop.operationhappenis.org/HYPOSPADIOLOGY-OH2300.htm
  14. ↑ . Science Daily.
  15. ↑ "Catalogue". National Library of Australia. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ Fellows and Members. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  17. ↑ Warren Snodgrass. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ Warren Snodgrass. Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  19. ↑ O'Kelly F, Nason GJ, McLoughlin LC, Flood HD and Thornhill JA. A comparative bibliometric analysis of the top 150 cited papers in hypospadiadiology (1945-2013). J Pediatr Urol, 2015

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